diff --git a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript
index 58f8138af09e551c7aec4fbb1efd6f6b9db7ca00..056a6f06563356824bebc02b2bd764d182a6d6d9 100644
--- a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript
+++ b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ plugin.tx_sgnews {
 		sortDirection = DESC
 
 		# This enables the output of related news in regards to the news category or tags
-		enableAutomaticRelatedNews = 0
+		enableAutomaticRelatedNews = 1
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Upgrade.md b/Upgrade.md
index 54cd3abbafc8c549107d6d42d9ece052de76638d..b61e90577729f2358a05b352eaec67df4c90daa0 100644
--- a/Upgrade.md
+++ b/Upgrade.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Upgrade from ```9.x.x``` to ```10.x.x```
 
 - Dropped TYPO3 9 support
+- enableAutomaticRelatedNews defaults now to 1 instead of 0
 
 ## Upgrade from ```9.5.x``` to ```9.6.x```